Help Scout Status · History · Incident #6829

RESOLVED

Mailbox counts

Minor · Started Aug 31, 2026 · 11:09 AM

  • Duration

    3h 57m

  • Severity

    Minor

  • Detection lead

  • User reports

Summary

Mailbox counts

Inbox behavior (Conversation Counts, SLAs, Routing, and Sentiment issue) is stable across the board, so we're closing this out. Thank you for your patience while we worked on this one!


  • Started

    Aug 31, 2026 · 11:09 AM

  • Resolved

    Aug 31, 2026 · 3:06 PM

  • Duration

    3h 57m

  • Severity

    Minor

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

  • Identified

    Aug 31 · 11:09 AM Help Scout

    We are currently seeing some issues with conversation counts and inbox views not refreshing accurately. You may also see routing, SLAs, and sentiment impacts. Our Engineering Team has identified the root cause and they're currently working to bring them back online.

  • Monitoring

    Aug 31 · 12:00 PM Help Scout

    A fix is now in place for the Inbox issues affecting folder/view counts, routing, SLAs, sentiment. While there is a backlog of data being processed, you should start to see issues resolve. Our Engineering Team is continuing to monitor the situation.

  • Monitoring

    Aug 31 · 1:03 PM Help Scout

    A fix is in place for the SLAs, Routing, and Sentiment issues. We have been alerted to continuing issues around conversation counts not updating accurately. Our Engineering Team is monitoring these issues and identifying whether an additional fix is needed. We will continue to keep you updated on our progress.

  • Resolved

    Aug 31 · 3:06 PM Help Scout

    Inbox behavior (Conversation Counts, SLAs, Routing, and Sentiment issue) is stable across the board, so we're closing this out. Thank you for your patience while we worked on this one!

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